Paul Hond
Senior Editor
Paul joined Columbia Magazine in 2006. His pieces for the magazine have been reprinted in Longreads, Truthout, and Reader's Digest.
Hanging Out at the Hungarian Pastry Shop
A fabled neighborhood fixture emerges from lockdown
20 Years of Jazz Performance at Columbia
Since 2001, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program has allowed non-music majors to study America’s premier art form
What Are They Thinking?
For science educator Michelle Ashkin '04GSAS, teaching people about the minds of other species is more than a passion
The Lonely Senator
How Mike Gravel ’56GS made a risky bid to expose the Pentagon Papers and stop the Vietnam War
Carrots! Collards! Broccoli! Morningside Heights' Secret (Vegetable) Garden
How professor Tommy Vaughan, a pioneer of advanced MRI systems, created an unlikely campus attraction
The Columbia Guide to the Pentagon Papers Case
Fifty years later, alumni and faculty tell us why the Supreme Court battle matters more than ever
Dr. King's Columbia Connections
How Martin Luther King Jr.’s advisers helped shape his message and win the battle for voting rights
Held Hostage for 444 Days: A Story of Survival
Forty years ago, Barry Rosen ’74GSAS was one of fifty-two Americans released from Iranian captivity
Meetings of the Minds
The Columbia University Seminars, one of academia’s shining (and somewhat secret) traditions, celebrates seventy-five years of free and civil dialogue
The Education of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Before she was a Supreme Court justice, RBG gained wisdom in Morningside Heights